Pac-12 · Kirby Moore, year 1 (0-2) · Gesa Field · 32,952
LastL 7–34 at Kansas State · Sat Sep 12 · Jaylen Thomas 2 INT, 4 tackles
Nextvs Duquesne · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Gesa Field · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #43 | #26 | +23.5✓ | @Washington | L 10–24 120 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #41 | #32 | +17.5✗ | @Kansas State | L 7–34 124 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #42 | #206 | Duquesne | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #43 | #27 | Arizona | ||||
| 5 | Oct 4 | Fresno State | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Utah State | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Oregon State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Boise State | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @San Diego State | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 15 | Colorado State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Texas State |
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @Kansas State | L 7–34 | 166 | 1 | 25:40 | -0.143 | 25.0% | 117.6% | |
| Sep 6 | @Washington | L 10–24 | 242 | 3 | 30:44 | -0.023 | 31.6% | 102.6% | |
| Season average (2 games) | 204 | 2.0 | -0.083 | 28.3% | 110.1% | ||||
Washington State is the program realignment left for dead — when the Pac-12 collapsed, Pullman got abandoned with Oregon State, and the Cougars spent two years as a conference of two before rebuilding the league themselves.
Cougar fans watched the bigger schools sprint to richer leagues and leave the loyal ones behind, and they have not forgotten which neighbor pulled the ladder up. They say the ones who ran abandoned th…
The season in chapters
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-6 · last season
✓ measured from 13 games · ranks are among Pac-12 teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Cooling. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
When you have a guy like Jirah [Leaupepetele] and Kaden Beatty in front of you, their job on that is to kind of just open the gap for me. So I was just ready to shoot it when they did
Next Sep 19
vs Duquesne · at home
~ our read on style
Market outlook
Sportsbook consensus · best odds across multiple books · 2026-09-14
the open questiondo the new coordinators fit the roster?
Jimmy Rogers begins his first season at Washington State with a 7-6 record and a program still defined by its post-conference survival, raising questions about sustaining momentum in a volatile Pac-12.
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Kirby Moore took over as Washington State's head coach, replacing Jimmy Rogers.
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Jimmy Rogers' top-43 portal class, headlined by Caden Pinnick, is a survival play for Washington State's Air Raid legacy in Pullman.
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Tony Freeman is a legitimate money-down target -- his 3rd-down conversion rate ranks among the position's best, and his per-target value holds up in that spot too.
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Kirby Moore inherits a 7-6 record at Washington State, where the Air Raid legacy and conference collapse tensions test whether a coordinator-driven rebuild can reverse a lower-tier program's trajectory.
our readbackground
Jimmy Rogers begins his tenure with a 7-6 record and a #95 talent rank, raising questions about whether the program's Pac-12-collapse holdout identity can align with a modest win total increase.
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Angel Johnson: a closer signal screened this season.
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Jimmy Rogers begins his tenure at Washington State with a 7-6 record, anchoring a program defined by its Pac-12-collapse holdout identity and remote Pullman legacy.
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Jimmy Rogers begins his first season at Washington State with just 25% production returning — a steep rebuild for a program defined by Air Raid legacy and Pullman resilience.
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Outcome band · Washington State · 2026
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
Washington State: coordinator change reshaping a unit.
The optimistic read: momentum, and the 'this is real' takes.
The analytical counter: rankings, results, and 'the hype is ahead of the tape' takes.
This event was in 171 of 2006 board posts (9%) over the last 60 days — engaged but not consumed. Fan text shown verbatim, attributed to the community not the individual poster.
The boards ≠ the fanbase: a vocal, self-selected slice.
Kirby Moore took over as Washington State's head coach, replacing Jimmy Rogers. It is replaces 4-year head coach Jake Dickert (23-20). It's not the hire that's the story anymore — it's everything it set in motion. The room has bought in, but early believers have been wrong before.
The 'this hire changes everything' takes -- new-era believers making the case early.
The 'show me the body of work' counter -- resume gaps, scheme fits, and 'not that guy' reads.
Nothing in our corpus yet — this door stays open for when there is.
Only 4 of 2006 board posts mention it — below our floor to call a community stance. Shown as texture, not a verdict.
The boards ≠ the fanbase: a vocal, self-selected slice.
Fan mood index · most recent r/cfb data
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Washington State is the Pac-12-collapse holdout — Mike Leach Air Raid legacy + Pullman remoteness + 2024 partnership-with-Oregon-State survival defined the post-conference era.
The program ledger
since 2025Caden Pinnick named WSU starting QB
Moore names his guy before fall camp ends — Pinnick earning 'commander' status in a Jimmy Rogers rebuild running on class #128 depth and a win total that can't make up its mind.
WSU to name starting QB by Monday
After a rocky scrimmage that had Miller calling out the offense publicly, naming a starter by Monday stops the depth-chart ambiguity from becoming its own story — Cougs can't afford that noise at #128 nationally.
WSU TE Peyton Read out for Apple Cup
Losing your starting TE for the Apple Cup while Finau's eligibility is still unresolved — Moore's offense is walking into the rivalry game with two question marks it can't afford heading into a Rogers-era reset.
WSU explores bringing back two players
LB depth is already the pressure point at #128 nationally — if Moore can squeeze extra eligibility out of two returners, that's roster math that matters more than a portal add right now.
Win total: 5 → 5.5 (▲0.5)
Win total climbed from 5 to 5.5 without a clear public catalyst — worth watching as the offseason firms up.
Top 3 commits
Recruiting Footprint · 2026
CA leads the 2026 class with 7 commits. National footprint reaching 6 states.
Where they recruit · 2023-2026
122 signees across 24 states, 2023-2026. CA leads the pull.
Miles from home · 2026 roster
The median Washington State player grew up 883 miles from campus.
Half this roster came from closer than that; half came from farther.
Straight-line distance from each player's listed hometown to Gesa Field. Hometowns are placed at city-centroid precision, not street address — fine at this scale, but a player's true door-to-door number can differ by a few miles. 139 of 147 listed players have a geocoded hometown. Source: CFBD roster hometowns.
Top community posts · last 12 months · r/cfb
Fan confidence a bit lower than recent years
35th percentile among FBS programs
9 penalties committed, 14 drawn on opponents — netting a 80-yard field-position edge.
75 penalty yards committed vs. 155 drawn on opponents, 2026 season total.
Outcome band · Washington State · 2026
Recruiting Footprint · 2026